Roots Town Hall: Challenging Displacement and Environmental Devastation brought together over 160 Philadelphia activists and community members. At the town hall, we heard from people directly impacted by unethical development practices. We also heard from community organizers working to fight back and support strong and healthy communities.

What is sacred to you? Family, friends, neighbors, community, culture, history – home? The Philadelphia region is changing but development often comes with a cost. People are priced out of their homes and businesses to make way for wealthier residents. Dirty industries are polluting our neighborhoods’ water, air, and soil.

Change may be inevitable, but…communities all over the region are demanding to be part of the conversation about how change happens; what’s lost, what’s preserved, what is made stronger, and who decides. Do you want to be part of this vision for change?

At the town hall – you will hear stories from those most affected, connect the dots between our history and what’s happening today, and learn about how you can get involved.